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2018 | 361 | 86-104

Article title

Regional structure of headquarters of largest enterprises in the Czech Republic from quantitative perspective

Content

Title variants

PL
Struktura regionalna największych przedsiębiorstw w Republice Czeskiej z perspektywy ilościowej

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EN

Abstracts

EN
Largest enterprises play a crucial role in the economies of countries, regions and localities. This paper deals with spatial structure of headquarters of largest enterprises in the NUTS III regions in the Czech Republic. Attention is devoted primarily to industry and service companies. We concentrate on selected aspects, such as economic power or geographic concentration. The Lorenz curve and Theil index are use to express of the above concentration. We observe clear differences among largest enterprises in the service and industrial sector in terms of turnover size in 2015. The results of Theil index show that headquarters of largest enterprises in the service sector are much more concentrated than their industrial counterparts. The same holds true for turnover concentration. Dominant position is occupied by Prague and its surroundings. In this region almost 50% of headquarters of the largest enterprises is located, which generates almost 50% of the total turnover.
PL
Największe przedsiębiorstwa odgrywają kluczową rolę w gospodarkach krajów, regionów i miejscowości. Artykuł zajmuje się strukturą przestrzenną centrów największych przedsiębiorstw w regionach NUTS III w Republice Czeskiej. Uwaga poświęcona jest przede wszystkim firmom przemysłowym i usługowym. Skoncentrowano się na takich aspektach, jak siła gospodarcza lub koncentracja geograficzna. Krzywa Lorenza i indeks Theil służą natomiast do wyrażania powyższej koncentracji. Zaobserwowano wyraźne różnice pomiędzy największymi przedsiębiorstwami sektora usług i przemysłu pod względem wielkości obrotu w 2015 r. Wyniki indeksu Theil pokazują, że siedziby największych przedsiębiorstw w sektorze usług są znacznie bardziej skoncentrowane niż ich przemysłowe odpowiedniki. To samo dotyczy koncentracji obrotu. Dominującą pozycję zajmuje Praga i okolice − tym regionie znajduje się prawie 50% centrali największych przedsiębiorstw, co daje prawie 50% całkowitego obrotu.

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Volume

361

Pages

86-104

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Contributors

  • VŠB – Technical University of Ostrava. Faculty of Economics. Department of Regional and Environmental Economics

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Document Type

Publication order reference

Identifiers

ISSN
2083-8611

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